Just not the same anymore

Simulation games can become a little stale after a while and you need to take breaks, sometimes long breaks, from them. You may not be ready to come back and play yet. You might need a different kind of game to play for a while, like something with a plot or story to follow or something that has your character saving the world. One of the cool things about TS4 is that it isn't a subscription game, it will be waiting for you when you feel ready to come back to it.

This has happened to me a number of times with Sims 4. I buy a new pack, play for a few days and decide I'm bored and I go play something else.

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The Sims 4 is one of the most superior Sims games ever made and will beat Paralives. o:)

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What finally burned me out was spending too much time and energy over the years wrestling with the game’s limitations and desperately trying to maintain hope for the future. One can only keep that up for so long.

Now I’m just exhausted and I haven’t launched the game since Spring ‘19.

I would say if you really don't feel like playing, don't force it. But if you do want to get back into it, maybe try something new you haven't done before. Whether that be a new challenge or just some aspect of the game that you haven't really explored. That's usually what works for me to keep things fun.

I find the sims4 to be a boring game when played "normally" at first I took a break because it was like grind sims needs, get them to work or school on time and watch them do mindless autonomy actions and get addicted to electronics.

Then after I learned about pose player I started playing it like a "Novel" or a "dollhouse."
I turned autonomy off, I made up my own stories, main characters, back story characters. I follow my own rules and storylines so much that the teens miss school almost everyday lol.

I use tons of poses to push my story along and I love taking screenshots too. Ever since I've been playing this way I've been addicted. And it makes the game feel endless despite it lacking so much. I have so many things to still explore.
Maybe you can try it. And if not maybe the sims4 is just not for you.

Just wanted to add that even the strangerville storyline for example. I read many people finished it within like a day and some said an hour or something. Then they got bored.
It literally took me I would say maybe 3 weeks in total to finish it because i put together a team and inserted my own story, so between playing out their everyday lives, solving the mystery, and following a story of my own I felt like I got a lot out of it. I plan to replay it with other characters and a new story for them. The sims4 is what you make it.

You have to force it just a little. The family I started was so boring at first. I was doing the same things. I used story mode thing, answered the questions and got my first evil sim witch. Made her a roommate and she was a witch too. One was in the criminal career and one was a chef. They lived in Sulani.
I had just switched pc's and on this new one, my husband has pretty much no choice but to watch me play! So he starts telling me what I should do. He played TS1 back in the day. Hasn't seen it since. He is telling me what I should do.
The chef wanted a dog. I got her a bull mastiff. Then saw that they can be familiars. So I got the evil one a bulldog. They met the body builder lady and her wife. We didn't know they were married at that time. He said, move that redhead into the house. I did. Only to find out they were married. He told me to get them divorced. I did. They got so depressed. The redhead ended up falling in love with my evil sim lady. The body builder lady would come every other day bringing food and and crying while she ate it. I decided to give her a new love because she was just breaking my heart. I made her, they met, fell in love, and married in one day.
My husband says, have the chef take her new wife too! Haha! NO! I just can't do that. Yet...
The evil witch and the redhead are expecting their 3rd child soon. The chef quit her job and is a movie star.
So my advice for keeping this game fun is to let someone who has never played it tell you what to do. They don't know the limits and they come up with things regular players never think about. Crazy stuff even! We are all stuck in our ways. Let someone else tell you what to do.

"AntiPrincess88;c-17360438" wrote:
I'm the same way. I got my kids into playing the game. Watching them play/helping them got me back into the game after 7 months of not playing. I'm not back to the playing scale I was at, but maybe university and island living will change that...

Doubtful. very doubtful that will have the desired effect. if the rest of the game is as you remember it, having a few new little things like britechester and sulani won't do much to hide what is already there, what drove you away in the first place.

"Felicity1169;c-17360441" wrote:
Sometimes you lose interest in things, at the end of the day The Sims is a game, if you don't feel like playing it's not a big deal. You can always try to watch let's plays or play a different version of The Sims if you really want to get back into it.
The Sims 4 is the first game I was able to play regularly as in an hour or two every few days before that it was binge the Sims for 8-10 hours at once and then don't play for 6-12 months. Maybe that's your Sims 4 play style?

To try drum up interest through nostalgia? On the surface you might feel a strong desire to play again because of the romantic aspect of any fun times you had. However when you get back into it you'll realise how remarkably hollow that desire really was.